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• Weather data for 12 Jul 1945

• USS Hawkbill departed Subic Bay, Zambales, Philippine Islands for her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Japanese representatives in the Soviet Union requested a update on the Japanese inquiry on the extension of the 1941 non-aggression treaty, getting little in the way of a response. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• More than 500 American B-29 bombers dropped incendiary bombs on a number of cities on Honshu, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• A number of B-25 bombers based in Okinawa attacked military airfields on Kyushu, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Bernard Montgomery awarded Georgy Zhukov Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Bernard Montgomery awarded Konstantin Rokossovsky Knight Commander of the British Empire at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Hackleback arrived at Guam, Mariana Islands, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Seahorse departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her eighth war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]
• USS Wasp departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

12 Jul 1945 Interactive Map